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Mbeki opposes #PutSouthAfricansFirst to mixed reactions from Mzansi

Former president Thabo Mbeki recently joined the heated debate surrounding #PutSouthAfricansFirst. The ex-president has in no uncertain term...

Former president Thabo Mbeki recently joined the heated debate surrounding #PutSouthAfricansFirst. The ex-president has in no uncertain terms condemned the movement, commenting that:


"This thing is systematically organised all the time by people who are opposed to the development of our country. People try to blame the problems we have, and they are very real like poverty, on foreigners and try to drive them away."

Mbeki even went as far as to claim that the people who drive the movement are set on the destabilisation of SA:

"That person is not in the least bit interested in the future of our people, that person is interested in the destabilisation of our country. The notion of South Africa first in terms of our continent is illogical, its completely illogical."

Mbeki used Lesotho as a demonstration as to why African nations needed to work together:

"You take South Africa first, where does alot of our water come from in Gauteng, it comes from Lesotho. What happens if Lesotho said 'Lesotho first' and this water will be cut off, it belongs to us? What happens?"

EFF MP Mbuyiseni Ndlozi reacted to Mbeki's comments in agreement with the ex-president's sentiments:

"President Mbeki is right. The notion of #PutSouthAfricaFirst is illogical & meant to destabilise our country. It is a dangerous project that must be rejected by all progressive people. To pursue SA interests must simultaneously and at all material times be also about the continent!"

Mzwanele Manyi did not share Mbeki's opinion in this regard, commenting that the notion needed to be explained to him:

"Out of respect for President Mbeki, we will visit him to explain #PutSouthAfricansFirst. Clearly, he has been fed poison. We undertake to detox him."




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